Some of americas first climate refugees. Mireya villarreal is showing us what is being done to save them and the way of life on tonights eye on earth. When i was six or seven years old. Steve is a member for almost two centuries his people fished, hunted and farmed. Now the land is in danger of being lost to climate change. Salt water did all of this . Salt water did all of this. Rising sea levels and the intrusion of salt water from the gulf of mex destroyed much of the islands gnarl prote s natur barriers. There is only one way on or off the island, and you are looking at it right now. When major storms blow through the area anyone can be washed out. Even a relatively weak category 1 storm like hurricane barry which hit here in early july could have devastating effects. It is barry that brought the most water compared to the larger storms. It is so much of my upbringing and so much of my identity from who i am to where i live. Soon, all he will have left are memories of the island wh
Said. It was just his emotion and he got tearyeyed that she was mentally ill and didnt have her medication about how much he loved her and the two sons were really worried about her, about the missing of their mother. Although paul had not been named a suspect, he was a person of interest. Neighbors are wondering how its all connected. The torso found in fremont has yet to be identified as shellys and she is still considered to be a missing person. Jackie ward, kpix 5. Breaking news out of l. A. County where crews are battling a large brush fire there. We have some live pictures of that fire. Evacuations are under way in the malibu area where flames have burned at least 20 acres and more to come. Among the evacuees, about 300 children attending two nearby camps. Some of the homes evacuated, as well. The fire started at the Pacific Coast highway and mulholland highways around 3 a. M. New details in the case of a bay area man accused of killing a car salesman in a test drive crash. Ontar
Again, apple seed middle school, no more lockdown, apple seed school. Dozens of people in the south bay sleep in cars including School Children and face constant harassment from police and Business Owners telling them they need to move. One church in san jose is stepping in. St. John church will open its parking lot to those families beginning tomorrow. Nbc bay areas Damian Trujillo joins us. Will other churches follow suit . Yeah, every church and diocese will be doing something about this situation raj. The training for the volunteers who will be monitoring this parking lot at st. John, that training begins at 6 30 tonight here at the parish headquarters. The diocese is answering the call for his proclaimed jubilee year of mercy. He works six days a week to help feed his family but javier says it tore him apart when he had to tell his children last year that a rent increase would force them to live out of the family car. I live on the bottom of the bridge or whatever it is, the botto
San mateo county where big trucks ride through the winding streets. They come through here and they use this as an artery to get to wherever they have to go. Easy to cut through for them. Reporter the accident sheared a power pole. Crews will work through the night to restore power perhaps by noon tomorrow. Pg e says one of these lines is still hot. Thats why theyre not allowing people back into this area. Theyve kept this area off. It might push back the time when they can begin pulling out this truck because the huge tow truck thats going to pull that big rig out, it just pulled up here on torino drive. Reporting live in san mateo county, chuck coppola, nbc bay area news. Some other breaking news to tell you about in sunnyvale. A preschool is on lockdown because of some kind of hazmat situation. Its happening at the appleseed school on dunford way. Someone dumped buckets into a dumpster then smoke started billowing out. Hundreds of students are sheltering in place until firefighters
Four officers were immediately suspended. Since that time, two of those officers have left the department. One of the officers is jason lye. Reporter hes received to the fourth officer to the Police Commission for possible termination. Vic lee, abc7 news. Some uc Berkeley Students are outraged that the administration is even considering allowing a student suspended for an alleged rape back on campus and are making their anger known. [ chanting ] abc7 news was on campus today as students rallied in support of stephanie garcia. She says omar pedrosa sexually assaulted her. Today, he told an appeals board he wants to come back and finish classes now. The administration will make its ruling within ten days. Also on uc berkeley, the search is on for two men accused of a strong arm robbery on campus. It happened tuesday night. Police say a 19yearold student was walking when his arms were grabbed from behind by a man. A second man went through his pockets and wallet. Both man ran and were las